The foreign press has been giving extensive coverage to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump that is being conducted by Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, and much of that non-U.S. coverage has been favorable to the inquiry. But many Russian media have a very different perspective. In Russia, journalist Julia Davis reports in theDaily Beast, some “Kremlin-controlled state media” think the inquiry is a terrible idea and are hoping Trump won’t be removed from office.
In Russian media, Davis notes, Trump is often mocked and ridiculed. But that doesn’t mean they want to see him impeached or removed from the White House. In fact, they like seeing him in the White House because they believe that what is bad for the United States is terrific for Russia.
“Russian experts, government officials and prominent talking heads often deride the American president for his Twitter clangor, haphazard approach to foreign policy, clownish lack of decorum, and unfiltered stream of verbalized consciousness,” Davis explains. “But all the reasons they believe Trump ‘isn’t a very good president’ for America are precisely their reasons for thinking he is so great for Russia.”